Nonlinear fibre optics overview

Supercontinuum Generation in Optical Fibers

Volumn 9780521514804, Issue , 2010, Pages 32-51

  Travers, J C ^a   Frosz, M H ^b   Dudley, J M ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION; WAVEGUIDES;

LIGHT CONFINEMENTS; NONLINEAR EFFECT; NONLINEAR FIBRE OPTICS; NONLINEAR PULSE PROPAGATION; PULSE TRAVEL; RESEARCH FIELDS; WAVEGUIDE DISPERSIONS; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 84927122718     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511750465.004     Document Type: Chapter

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